Foreign Troops on U.S. Soil & the Coming Tribulation...

John,

I was having a discussion with a friend regarding the current state of events.  I am copying a portion of that discussion as a heads up.

I was not assuming that this was the tribulation.  Otherwise, I would agree completely and would not have made the comment.  However, such an event would have such far reaching consequences across the globe that it would likely precipitate a global crackdown necessary to consolidate power, that we would find ourselves in the tribulation be default.

I agree that, if there is serious social disturbance, it needs to be dealt with to maintain the peace.  However, bringing in foreign troops is a whole other matter.  They have no affinity to this country, it is not their home and they are effectively mercenaries on foreign soil.  Once they are threatened, they will perceive the public as the enemy.  There won't be the troops against the rioters... it will be the troops against the public because they don't know who is peaceable and who isn't... who is bearing arms and who isn't.  Everyone will be seen as a potential combatant.

This, in turn, will cause the opposite reaction in the population, who will see troops as the enemy and not the protectors of the peace.  The clash will then be complete and unnecessary conflict will run its course over time...  unless the troops withdraw.  The only way to turn this around would be for U.S. forces to confront the foreign troops so that the public sees that they have a protector that they can rally behind.  In any event, the destruction would be massive resulting in a blood bath.

There really are enough U.S. forces to handle riots.  Of any country in the world, besides China and Russia, we have the standing army in order to do what is necessary, without resorting to foreign troops.  The fact that they have resorted to bringing in foreign troops removes all legitimacy of returning this country back to its republic roots.

At first I thought that the foreign troops was an NSA/DHS/FEMA ploy.  But now that DHS has been gutted, why continue with the smoke screen of joint antiterrorist maneuvers under FEMA?  Maybe the article is just more disinformation... but until the troops are sent home, we don't know that.  As long as they remain here, they pose a very real threat to the republic.  We wait and see.

I wouldn't have given this issue much weight, except for Judith's dream and similar dreams posted by others of great destruction here and foreign troops rounding up everyone they saw as a threat.  That seems to be the clincher.

Plus, we still have no release of the global realignment of currencies.  I just don't see the two events as being mutually compatible.  If someone is planning on invading a country, the last thing you would do is release a huge amount of liquidity, as this only allows the flames to be fanned with lots of spending for individual self defense.

Until these troops are sent home and we see a real vote of confidence by the new powers that be, everything seems to be up for discussion.